St. Paul daily globe., 1887-01-23

gun the work of undermining the state oil
inspector; Wood, of Faribault, has intro
duced Gordon Z. Coles reformatory bill;
Duraut, of Washington, and Day, of Fair
mont have made a number of legal and
school holidays; and Whiteman. of Duluth,
and Scheffer, of st. Paul. are amending
the mortgage, banking and taX-title laws.
Among local measures the bridge bonds
bills of the St. Paul and Minneapolis dele
cations have become laws, with the seal of
the governors approval, and Buckman, of
Sauk Rapids, is paving the way for re-im-
burSement for expenditures In rebuilding
institutions destroyed by the cyclone.
Comstock, of Moorhead, is the great COM
mittee worker of the senate, and most of
his work is in the chair of the judiciary
committee.
Taken, all in all, it is a good working
senate, and those senators who are not in
cluded in the list of authors of important
bills subjoined, are usually to be found
hard at work in committees, where the real
work is done, though without public honor
Following siS the list of most important
bills, and their reference and disposition.
Goodrich-High license. Special temper
ance committee.
Goodrch-Age of consent. Judiciary. Pass
age recommended.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. GdllrOdQS. hullrO0Q
committee.
Goodrich - Taxation of certain railroad
stock. Judiciary.
Goodrich - Regulating proceedings - in
crease of railroad stock. Judiciary
Goodrich-Taxation of railroad companies.
Judiciary.
Notwithstanding issue of fraudulent
railroad stock. Judiciary.
Pope-preference in pubic employment to
ex- soldiers. Passed.
Bowen-TaXation of certain railroad lands.
Judiciary.
Smith-Bonds for St. Paul upper bridge.
Passed.
Goodrick-Tax sales amendment. Judi
Gary.
Goodrich-Grain and warehouse inspection.
Grain and warehouse committee.
Ives Railroad liabilities to employees.
Passed.
Swenson-Employment of children. Special
labor committee, TO be recommended to pass.
Bowen-Right of possession in state elec-
ton contests. judiciary.
Pope-Adoption of children. judiciary.
Thacker-Temperance instruction. Educa-
ton. Substitute recommended.
Clough-Log sealing fees. Passed.
Hall-TaXatiOn of express companies. H.
definitely postponed.
Scheffer-Tax judgments and sales Jul
dietary.
Pope-Interstate commerce. Passed
Daniels-High license. Temperance.
Swenson-State labor bureau. Labor. Pas
sage to be recommended
Halvorsen-Yalued insurance policies. In
surance.
Daniels-Oil inspectors salary. Re-referred
to judiciary with amendments.
Hoard-State farmers institute. RECON-
mended to pass.
SwensOn-Locomotive engineers. Labor.
Labor committee, passage to be recommended.
Ward-To abolish oil inspectors Office. Jn-
dietary. Recommended to be indefinitely
postponed, sent to committee OF the whole
GOodrich-Legal rights of married women.
Recommended to pass.
GoOdrich-POstal lights of insane persons.
Passed.
HoarG-Sale of state experimental farm.
University.
Pope-FOr soldiers home Special COM
mittee on soldiers home.
ComstOck-State normal school at Moor
head. Normal schools.
Clough-For university museum building.
University.
WOod-State refOrmatory. State prisons
Durant-Unlawful wearing of G. A. r.
badges. Passed.
Hixson-Fourteenth judicial district. Ju-
dietary.
alton.
Brown-Temperance instruction. Inde6-
nitely postponed.
Whiteman-Loans on grain in transit
Banking.
Johnson, M.-Saie of state lands for SOL
diers home. Soldiers home.
Keller-Private banks under corporate
names Recommended to pass.
Pope-Buriai of soldiers. Soldiers home.
Compton-State superintendents salary.
Substitute TO make it $4,000.
Durant-Legal holidays. Recommended to
pass.
Hoard-Township school district system.
judiciary.
Goodrich-Woman's suffrage constitutional
amendment. Special committee.
Day-Age OF children entering schools.
Education.